University of Sussex homepage

DrDiana Alcantara

Senior Research Fellow in Immunology (Global Health and Infection)

Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3185-1548
  • Senior Research Fellow in Immunology (Global Health and Infection)
    Brighton and Sussex Medical School

DEGREES

  • PhD, Biochemistry
    University of Sussex, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom2008 - 2012
  • MSc, Molecular Medicine
    Imperial College London, Department of Oncology, London, United Kingdom2006 - 2007
  • BSc, Biology: Genetics and Microbiology Option
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal2000 - 2005

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Research scholarship
    Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon, Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal2005 - 2006
  • internship
    Hospital de Santa Maria, Human Genetics Unit, Lisbon, Portugal2001 - 2004
    Internship
  • postdoctoral researcher
    University of Sussex, Genome damage and stability centre, Brighton, United Kingdom2013 - 2018
    developed research on a range of human disorders associated mainly with impaired DNA Damage Response and metabolic homeostasis. Extensive work on human, patient-derived cell lines in order to establish genotype-to-phenotype relationships that were medically relevant.Postdoctoral Research
  • postdoctoral researcher
    Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Global Health and Infection, Brighton, United Kingdom1 May 2018
    ImmunologyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Newport M

FIELDS OF RESEARCH